{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06099.htm","path":"hin/av/av06099.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06099.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Indra, before affliction comes, I call thee from the wide expanse.\n \u00a0\u00a0The mighty guardian, born alone, wearer of many names, I call.\n 2Whatever deadly missile launched to-day flies forth to slaughter\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0us.\n \u00a0\u00a0We take both arms of Indra to encompass us on every side.\n 3We draw about us both the arms of Indra, our deliverer. May\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0they protect us thoroughly.\n \u00a0\u00a0O Savitar, thou God, O royal Soma, make thou me pious-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0minded for my welfare.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 99: A prayer for protection in battle","type":"page"}